techiefreak05 Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 I just finished, what I think is, my best design I've ever done. It's even HTML and CSS valid! which is always a plus! I am exploring Photoshop more and more and incorporating it into my web design. I hope you like it! http://mystickyposts.com/brenden/ Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmin Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 * I don't think the main background image should have corners since it is rounded on the inside. * The "welcome" and "bio" images are a little obtrusive. * You might want to add some kind of text to the idle menu buttons, I didn't even notice they were navigation until I moused over. * The background gradient doesn't match the background color in the end, or there is a line at the bottom of the gradient. * The copywrite image color doesn't match the background and it has a different color behind it depending on where it is vertically on the page. I would suggest having that info inside the main content box. * The font might be a little big. Gradient background are hard to match color with the main content. You might want to try to fade it into the center so that you can always have a static color to match, there. Otherwise, good work, looks pretty cool. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-333246 Share on other sites More sharing options...
moberemk Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Tables. Why? The site design feels overly glossy, has a ton of reflections, and really starts to feel over-the-top the top navigation just doesn't work (falling under the category of Mystery Meat Navigation. It's pretty, but it's not really a good design. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-333390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
techiefreak05 Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 "* I don't think the main background image should have corners since it is rounded on the inside." - what does that mean? "* The "welcome" and "bio" images are a little obtrusive." - Yeah, I just needed them, but I will changer them to something a little less. "* You might want to add some kind of text to the idle menu buttons, I didn't even notice they were navigation until I moused over." - I completely agree, I am having the hardest time getting it right.... "* The background gradient doesn't match the background color in the end, or there is a line at the bottom of the gradient." - Yeah I did notice that ... I dont know why.. being that the background color, and the end gradient color are the same (#cbcbcb) "* The copywrite image color doesn't match the background and it has a different color behind it depending on where it is vertically on the page. I would suggest having that info inside the main content box." - Yeah it has different color behind it.. it's transparent.. and the background is a gradient. Thanks for the feedback, I'll be changing things over the weekend. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-333634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sesquipedalian Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I dont think the main content border should be gradient, give it a full color, and same with the background -- or if you can't help it with the background, at least have it fade much much less.. maybe a larger content area, and a links menu on the left, and the banner going across the entire top as well. put your php skills to use (as mentioned in your bio?), if you add a link, you could easily make the links be something like ?act=bio, that way you can just change the content, without actually switching pages technically. easily done with this in the content part of the index: if (!$_GET) { include ('main.php'); } else { include ($_GET['act'].'.php'); } Thats my idea. main.php would be the homepage content, and $_GET['act'].'.php' just means that when you go to http://mystickyposts.com/brenden/?act=bio it would go to bio.php, or http://mystickyposts.com/brenden/?act=other it would obviously go to other.php also theres no point of "welcome." and "bio" to be images.. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-333743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFilmGod Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Overall it looks very professional. I like it and the color choices are very good. There are a few errors in your php coding. I"m sure you'll fix that in the near future. Doctype: HTML 4.01 Transitional Now this isn't a problem but you should strive for xhtml transitional or xhtml strict. XHTML is the future. The concept of the site I just don't get. I don't want to offend you but an online bulletin board!? Come on! Create a bulletin board that people can comment each other and the posts are categorized in an easy way to find it! Hey! I bullentin board can be made forumish... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-334326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
techiefreak05 Posted August 26, 2007 Author Share Posted August 26, 2007 "Create a bulletin board that people can comment each other and the posts are categorized in an easy way to find it!" Thats exactly what it is essentially. I just haven't had time to add the things I want to, with school starting soon, and other things, development has slowed down. :: also, I was thinking about making it an open-source script, any thoughts on this? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-334336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamez Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 When I tried to sign up, I could not see the captcha, so I was unable to signup, I am using FireFox. I am not a professional, but I would check your site in all browsers or most commonly used ones. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-334394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
techiefreak05 Posted August 26, 2007 Author Share Posted August 26, 2007 Ah yes, I have not yet resized that captcha. I should probably do that right away. ;-) Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-334511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamez Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 here is an off-topic question, but how did you get your rounded corners? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-334561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
techiefreak05 Posted August 26, 2007 Author Share Posted August 26, 2007 the rounded corners for which part? the top header, or the main content? well they both are just rounded rectangle tool in photoshop, which some tweaks. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-334661 Share on other sites More sharing options...
techiefreak05 Posted August 26, 2007 Author Share Posted August 26, 2007 The site can now be found here: http://bellingboe.com/ Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-334676 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamez Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 I am talking the rounder corners for the main content on this website: http://mystickyposts.com/ Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-334692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFilmGod Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 no thank you. I think personal websites are a waste of time. Its great you like to show of your skills. Like seriously, who likes to visit your website? Who would waste their time looking over it? As a matter of fact I'm 16 years old (yes, I'm a bit younger) only 1 year of html/php experience. And less than a month of pure css. And my site is beastit.com/index2 And although I think my website is awesome I don't show it off. I don't show off my experience. Now, don't get all mad at me, you asked critique and I gave you my first expression. Trust me, ppl hate when you show and prove to them that you may be better than they are... :-\ I like your header, but the center is too narrow and can use some spicing up. - my 2 cents. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-334767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
techiefreak05 Posted August 27, 2007 Author Share Posted August 27, 2007 Who said I was showing it off? I just wanted some opinions on its look, I never said it's amazing or better than anybody else's Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-334912 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew-Portal Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 no thank you. I think personal websites are a waste of time. Its great you like to show of your skills. Like seriously, who likes to visit your website? Who would waste their time looking over it? As a matter of fact I'm 16 years old (yes, I'm a bit younger) only 1 year of html/php experience. And less than a month of pure css. And my site is beastit.com/index2 And although I think my website is awesome I don't show it off. I don't show off my experience. Now, don't get all mad at me, you asked critique and I gave you my first expression. Trust me, ppl hate when you show and prove to them that you may be better than they are... :-\ I like your header, but the center is too narrow and can use some spicing up. - my 2 cents. lol you just showed off your website and your skills! and you got your website in a critique forum as well! lol reading that post just made my day! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-334964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
techiefreak05 Posted August 27, 2007 Author Share Posted August 27, 2007 I've been working on anew design: http://bellingboe.com/x/ its totally different. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-335064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmin Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 "* I don't think the main background image should have corners since it is rounded on the inside." - what does that mean? The image I was talking about had rounded corners, however, the actual corner color (behind the rounded part) didn't match the background so you could see pointed corners along with the rounded corners. That new site you posted is hard make anything out of because it has no content and is about two inches tall. The first link and the last one (x) don't work. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-335296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFilmGod Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 no thank you. I think personal websites are a waste of time. Its great you like to show of your skills. Like seriously, who likes to visit your website? Who would waste their time looking over it? As a matter of fact I'm 16 years old (yes, I'm a bit younger) only 1 year of html/php experience. And less than a month of pure css. And my site is beastit.com/index2 And although I think my website is awesome I don't show it off. I don't show off my experience. Now, don't get all mad at me, you asked critique and I gave you my first expression. Trust me, ppl hate when you show and prove to them that you may be better than they are... :-\ I like your header, but the center is too narrow and can use some spicing up. - my 2 cents. lol you just showed off your website and your skills! and you got your website in a critique forum as well! lol reading that post just made my day! I just wanted to make you feel the way I felt when I saw Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-335774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
techiefreak05 Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 Al of the links seem to work just fine... if anybody's using IE, use Firefox to view the site, it looks the way its supposed to in FF. The site being two inches tall, and the lack of content.. I fixed, although that's not all the content, it's some of it. http://bellingboe.com/ Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-335830 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmin Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 The contrast between the menu buttons (and the logo) and the background is too abrupt. Same with the titlebar and the main content. I think the copywrite info looks akward with its own little box sticking out like that. I do like the text subtitles for "welcome" and bio" better than the previous ones. I also think the font could be a little smaller, or maybe different. The site needs better "flow." I think there are too many abrubpt edges. I like the designs for your other sites (on the sites page), you should use some aspects from those ones. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-336287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
annawilsonz Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 I think the header is very elegant in keeping with the feel of the site. With the present color of the page I would be afraid that a splash of color there would keep dragging the eyes upward. The only thing I would consider changing would be perhaps a small sample thumbnail or two mixed into the main content area of the front page to give it a little more life, earlier when I was at then I too customize the design of one of the web design company client in that way but I'd have to see it that way to be sure. Your’s is actually really good as is. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-348216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 filmgod, i think the idea of his 'personal website' is to act as portfolio Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66431-personal-site-needs-critique/#findComment-348310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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